Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 242 Chapter 242: Want to issue Dragon Yuan coins? I don’t have that technology yet.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't redeem ID cards for everyone. The main reason was that the national fortune value was too much, and he felt a little distressed!
"It will happen sooner or later anyway, why are you anxious?"

"It's enough to have an ID card so that we can have a place to stay after entering the city!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said, taking the lead and walking into the city!
Soon, the group entered the city.

Along the way, Lan Yu and others were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, amazed by everything they saw!

Especially the telephone poles and wires leading to thousands of households that only existed in this era were almost unthinkable in the Hongwu Dynasty!
Some of the shops facing the street have electric lights on even in broad daylight!
In the Hongwu Dynasty, electricity and lights could only be used in some special places in Hanzhong Prefecture and Xi'an Prefecture!

For example, business buildings, such as the Han Dynasty Palace and the Imperial Palace, as well as the offices of the imperial yamen!

For other areas, don’t even think about it!
As for the ministers, they have no electricity in their homes, so they have to use candles for lighting!

More than three hundred years later, it seems that electricity has been spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. Even in the countryside, basically everything is electrified!
Of course, this is only limited to the local areas of the Ming Dynasty, such as some cities in Mobei and some cities in the Western Regions. There is no such power coverage in those far-flung areas!
In addition, the billboards that can be seen everywhere on the streets and the traffic lights that light up at intersections are also novelties that Lan Yu and others have never seen before!
The streets are also busy with traffic, but the cars of this period are all classic cars, Beetle style!

Most ordinary people still take the trams that can be seen everywhere to travel in the city!
After all, not everyone can afford a private car, and only powerful people can afford it!
Fortunately, people like Zhu Yuanzhang, who have already had a time-travel experience, can explain to Lan Yu and others what is going on with the iron cars that can run casually on the street. Otherwise, these guys who have never seen the world might take these. What kind of monster does the car look like!
"In fact, this technology is not difficult to understand. It is nothing more than an engine inside these cars that is specially used to provide power!"

"You should all know about the steam engine ships that were just developed some time ago. For example, steam engine ships use steam engines as power output without the need for manpower or wind!"

"The principles are similar, except that steam engine trains burn coal and need a steam engine to provide power. It is a similar concept to a steam engine ship!"

Lan Yu asked curiously at this time.

Zhu Li explained slowly.

"See those streetcars?"

Zhu Yue shook his head, and what he said inevitably made Zhang Yan and others look disappointed.

"The Hongwu Dynasty had just developed the steam engine, and electricity had not yet been widely spread. We are still far away from developing this kind of bicycle!"

After all, steam engines have been used on ships, and there is no big technical bottleneck when used in trains!

Compared with developing cars, it was not difficult to be able to connect trains in the Hongwu Dynasty. After traveling back this time, we can start experimenting with steam engine trains!

And compared to cars, trains are actually more efficient in transportation, but they are not as convenient as cars!

In other words, they probably won’t see such cars appear in the Hongwu period in their lifetime!
"Steam train?"

"What's a train?"

"A train is a means of transportation that requires tracks as a fixed line!"

This is a car that can run on its own without horses. It’s really amazing!

Zhu Li also introduced the principles of these vehicles to Lan Yu and others in the simplest and easiest way.

Zhang Yan asked excitedly at this time.

"It's better to research the steam engine train first!"

"But there's nothing wrong with the steam locomotive, it's just that it's not very practical!"

How great would it be if we could build such a car back in the Hongwu Dynasty?
Who will use horses to pull things in the future?
"I'm afraid it won't be possible in a short time. The development of technology takes time!"

"Can we make a car like this if we return to the Hongwu Dynasty?"

"I see!"

"It's just that the engine used in the bicycle is smaller and more sophisticated!"

All I can say is that each has its pros and cons!
"Cars, trains and the like are trivial. In this era, there are still planes that can fly in the sky!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed at this time.

"A plane flying in the sky?"

"What's that?"

When Lan Yu and others heard this, they were even more confused!
So Zhu Yue and others began to teach Lan Yu and others about what an airplane is!

When they heard that a big iron lump could actually carry people to the sky, and that it only took a few hours to reach a distance of thousands of miles, Lan Yu and others were even more shocked!

However, during this period, the probability of aircraft danger is still very high!

The main reason is that the weather monitoring methods during this period have not yet reached the standards of modern society. If the aircraft encounters extremely bad weather, it is likely to cause problems!
So air crashes happen from time to time in this era!
Of course, ordinary people can't actually afford to fly, so they mostly take trains for long-distance travel, which is just a bit slower!

But compared to the Hongwu Dynasty, I don’t know how many times it was faster!

In the train era, the journey from Yingtianfu to Xi'an only took about a day!

In the era of high-speed rail, it will be even faster!
However, Zhu Yue and the others did not explain it in too much detail because it was not necessary!
"Okay, let me go to the Huangwei Taoist Temple to make contact first, and let the royal family know that we are coming. Once we contact the royal family, we won't have to go to such trouble!"

Zhu Yue said to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

"Okay, you go ahead. We'll just stroll around the street and wait for you to come back!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded simply.

Zhu Li, the Chengwu Patriarch, was personally at the Imperial Guard Taoist Temple, so there would definitely be no problem in contacting the royal family through these Taoist priests!
Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't need to worry at all!
In just half an hour, Zhu Li returned to the team.

"Have you already said that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

"Well, I've asked people from the Taoist temple to inform that boy Zhu Zhiqin!"

Zhu Li smiled and nodded.

Anyway, it’s still early, so tonight at least we don’t have to be like the last time we traveled, where a bunch of people had to stay in an Internet cafe all night!

And in this era, there are no places like Internet cafes where they can go!
But there are also nightclubs, places like Paramount!

After a group of fifteen people wandered on the street for a while, they all felt a little hungry!
Seeing that it was already noon, Zhu Yuanzhang was looking for a place to have something to eat first!
Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang has the Dragon Yuan Coin on him, so eating and other things will be no problem!
And Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered that the Long Yuan coins of this era are obviously more valuable than those in modern society more than six hundred years later! Two yuan of Long Yuan coins may only buy two buns for breakfast in modern society, but in this era, two yuan of Long Yuan coins can buy a pound of meat!
This should be the so-called currency devaluation!
Fortunately, this kind of depreciation is not the kind of ups and downs. The Ming court will also carry out relevant regulations. It can only be said that everything is within a reasonable range!

"Sir, Ninth Young Master, after returning to the Hongwu Dynasty, can the court produce dragon yuan coins like this?"

"This is much better than using Hongwu treasure money!"

At this moment, Zhang Yan suddenly came up with the idea of ​​Long Yuan Coin!
Mainly because as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is naturally aware of the many problems with Hongwu Baobao. Compared with Long Yuan coins, they are simply as big as heaven and earth!
"Do you think we don't want to?"

"It's a pity that the Hongwu Dynasty didn't have such coin-making technology yet!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was somewhat depressed when he heard this.

After all, Hongwu Baobao was his creation, and it did bring him and the Ming Dynasty a lot of benefits at first, but within a few years it began to depreciate violently, and there was nothing that could be done to stop it!

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated that gold and silver transactions were prohibited, and Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes must be used!

But later, the people no longer trusted the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. As the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes devalued, gold and silver transactions began to circulate in the Ming Dynasty again!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to give in, he could only turn a blind eye!

He himself also knew that there were problems with the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, but how could he understand financial matters?
Even if you want to solve it, you can’t find a solution, or you can’t figure out why the devaluation occurs!

"Is this technique difficult?"

When Zhang Yan heard this, he immediately showed a look of reluctance.

"In short, it is almost impossible to issue Dragon Yuan coins in a short time!"

"Besides, the technology is not difficult. The main difficulty is the credibility of the court!"

Zhu Li shook his head slowly.

If you want to issue Long Yuan coins, you have to completely eliminate all the sequelae of the Ming Dynasty banknotes!

This process alone would take several years to achieve success!

After all, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were already in disuse during the Hongwu Dynasty!
The imperial court wants to recycle all the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes and issue the latest currency. How easy is it?
Not only because the cost is too high, but also because people’s trust in currency cannot be established in a day or two!
The people of the Ming Dynasty in the Hongwu Dynasty believed more in real gold and silver. If you want to re-establish the credibility of paper money, you have to use your brain!

“The pastries in that shop look very good, there are so many people queuing up!”

"Grandpa Huang, how about we give it a try too?"

At this moment, Zhu Xifeng looked at a pastry shop with a long queue in front of him and suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang.

You definitely have to eat lunch, but you have to choose carefully what to eat!

For a shop like this, the more people there are, the more prosperous the business will be. Naturally, the taste is indistinguishable. Zhu Xifeng also wants to try these pastries from more than three hundred years ago. How are these pastries from more than six hundred years later? What's the difference?
Anyway, it’s definitely more delicious than those pastries from the Hongwu period!
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he had no objection.

So a group of fifteen people started to line up in the queue!

After eating the pastries, the group felt that it was not enough, so they found a hot pot restaurant and continued to show off the hot pot!

For people like Zhu Yuanzhang who like spicy food, Sichuan hot pot is simply the best delicacy!
And he also likes hot pot!

As for Lan Yu and others, they seem a little acclimated to the food of these future generations hundreds of years later!
Eating authentic hot pot for the first time was a new experience for them!

After all, during the Hongwu period, even things like chili peppers were not completely popularized. Although the way of eating hot pot has appeared in the northwest, it is still very different from the later generations. It is not the same concept at all!
But the taste is really good. Maybe because it is the first time to eat it, your stomach may feel a little uncomfortable!

Lan Yu, on the other hand, feels addicted to hot pot after eating it once!

"Master Ninth, this hot pot is so delicious. When you return to the Hongwu Dynasty, will you make it in the business building?"

"If we want to eat on weekdays, we can also have a place to have a toothpaste!"

Lan Yu suggested to Zhu Li with a flattering look on her face.

Mainly the so-called hot pot provided in the business building. Compared with the hot pot of later generations, it seems that the soup is a bit watery and it is not satisfying at all!
“The most important thing about hot pot is the taste!”

"If you want a recipe like this, just find a way to get a copy before you go back!"

"As long as the required ingredients can be found in the Hongwu Dynasty, there will be no problem!"

Hearing this, Zhu Li nodded somewhat speechlessly.

I didn’t expect that Lan Yu was actually a foodie?
But it seems that the old man also likes hot pot. It should not be difficult to research the seasoning recipe and find a way to make it after returning to the Hongwu Dynasty!
"What's that in front?"

"So there's a tall tube standing there, with several needles spinning on it?"

At this moment, Fang Xiaoru and others suddenly saw a huge bell tower in the distance and asked in surprise.

The main reason is that there was no such thing as a clock in the Hongwu Dynasty. It was inevitable that they would be surprised when they suddenly saw a big clock tower!

"This is the clock tower, used to tell the time!"

"In the Hongwu Dynasty, a day was divided into twelve hours, but after the Chengwu period, a day was divided into twenty-four hours, and clocks began to appear!"

Zhu Yue explained with a smile.

"Twenty-four hours?"

"But although I can't understand the words on it, there are only twelve squares to count? Where does the twenty-four hours come from?"

Hearing this, Fang Xiaoru couldn't react for a while!
"Sir, it is true that this clock rotates for twelve hours, but is there a possibility that it can rotate twice a day?"

Zhu Xiaqiu's voice also sounded at this time.

When Fang Xiaoru heard this, she immediately blushed!
That's right, it doesn't say that it has to be a day to go around in one circle, it can also be half a day!
Zhu Yue also looked dumbfounded and could only briefly explain the concepts of minute hand, second hand and hour hand to Fang Xiaoru and others.

After Fang Xiaoru and others listened, they suddenly looked surprised!
Who would have thought that time could be divided in such detail?
(End of this chapter)